abduction

(noun)

noun

1. the criminal act of capturing and carrying away by force a family member; if a man's wife is abducted it is a crime against the family relationship and against the wife

Definition categories: act, capture, seizure

2. (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body

Definition categories: act, motility, motion, move, movement

Sentences with abduction as a noun:

- the abduction of a child